Amyntas led me to a grove
Where all the trees did shade us;
The sun it self, though it had strove,
It could not have betrayed us:
The place secured from human eyes,
No other fear allows,
But when the winds that gently rise,
Does kiss the yielding boughs.
Down there we sat upon the moss,
And did begin to play [10]
A thousand amorous tricks, to pass
The heat of all the day.
A many kisses he did give;
And I returned the same
Which made me willing to receive
That which I dare not name.
His charming eyes no aid required
To tell their soft’ning tale;
On her that was already fired
’Twas easy to prevail. [20]
He did but kiss and clasp me round,
Whilst those his thoughts expressed:
And laid me gently on the ground;
Ah who can guess the rest?